she obviously does not want to be on the same stage with joe biden. >> sandra: laughing about stacey abramsbrams' own state of georgia to push for a voting rights bill that they are calling a power grab. brian kemp, a job abrams wants. j do you think they snubbed him, welcome. >> well, either wrote a speech for him knows what he's going to say or realizing georgia is not buying what he's selling and trying to avoid him because of his faltering poll numbers here in georgia and across the country. >> sandra: president biden seemed to explain it this morning when he began his travels by saying this, governor. listen. >> i spoke with stacey this morning, we have a great relationship, we have our scheduling mixed up, i talked with her at length this morning. we are all on the same page, and everything is fine. >> sandra: she helped deliver him the state of georgia. i mean -- you look at him sinking in the polls and now stacey abrams won't even show up for him. what does this mean for your chances? >> well, look, we are going to keep running on what we have done in georgia. i was hoping the presi

president biden, as he left the white house, had this to say about stacey abrams. >> i spoke with staceyhis morning. we have a great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. i talked with her at length this morning. we're all on the same page. and everything's fine. >> reporter: so, he said everything's fine there. yes, there is certainly some dissent from some local georgia democratic groups. the dissent, of course, is very common in the history of the civil rights movement, but we should point out that president biden flew here on air force one. vice president harris flew here separately. both planes were filled with members of the georgia democratic delegation, other senators as well. there are certainly many civil rights leaders expected to be on hand when this speech begins, and we are getting a sense of what president biden is going to say during this landmark speech with the white house is giving a major push on voting rights. he'll say this. he'll say, the next few days, when these bills come to a vote will mark a turning point in this nation. will we choose democracy over a

it's too important to joe biden and stacey abrams for that. but it also doesn't matter whether she's there. the only possible plan for getting this through the senate is to get all a democrats to agree to sidestep the filibuster. the frustration of activists is understandable but joe biden doesn't have the power to force 50 democrats to do that. any individual democrat can hold it up. and so far, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, among others, have been resistant to attempts to change the fill buster. until that changes this legislation is not going anywhere. >> thank you very much. >>> and joining me for more on this is patricia murphy, a political reporter and journalist and natasha brown, one of the voting rights activists kipping joe biden's skeech. and manu raju is here. >> the co-founder of your group told cnn this morning this. we don't need another speech. what we need is a plan. talk to me why not attending, not welcoming the president's visit is the way to get action from him in congress? >> let me just start by saying, he's welcome to

stacey abrams. this is an event custom made for stacey abrams. >> i don't know if it's that. >> what is it? >> i would say the elements is there for one to speculate. i do know some of the activist groups on the ground have said they're boycotting this not to happen. some are frustrated that it took joe biden this long to come out and strongly deal with the filibuster question and joe, you and i and mika had this conversation on the show that i have been pushing. i came in late last night from los angeles from doing a funeral but i am going. i think the important of getting this filibuster, getting it achieved is more important than our frustration. i think joe biden was doing a lot behind the scenes trying to push and get this done so i think it's important that those of us want to be should be there. i think those ones can't stand to be there should be respected for doing that too. it did take a long time for us to get here. >> joe, in terms of the last election, stacey abrams, i think she's credi

children's book "stacey's extraordinary words" is on sale now please welcome back to the show stacey abrams, i'm at home with covid, but, also, i am not a georgia bulldogs fan and you were tweeting about the game you were watching it with your father who was more excited, you or him >> my dad. there is no way to beat a high school football star when it comes to excitement about a college football game. i don't even bother trying >> seth: was it a fun father-daughter evening to watch it together? >> it was delightful so, he got his start by becoming famous on instagram. he did not really understand what that meant until my 15-year-old niece pointed out that 100,000 people had liked his post and that someone called him adorable, which just made the halftime for him >> seth: [ laughs >> and then we won so, and my father grew up in mississippi, so he grew up with a deep animosity toward bama so it was a full-circle game for him. >> seth: that's fantastic. congratulations to both of you so, i want to start by talking about the fact that speeches this week from president biden and vice president

. >> peter: one who lives in the city biden spoke in a no show citing a scheduling conflict stacey abrams. >> i spoke to stacey this morning. we have great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. >> long lines in this country this month haven't been at polling places but, instead, covid testing sites. >> i think it's obvious that the administration has failed the american people on getting enough tests. >> peter: now the feds can't snap their fingers and make tests appear but they can update guidance according to "the washington post" to recommend n-95 or kn-95 masks. something that even the most pro-mask politicians struggle with. >> does this look stupid? >> peter: the president made an off camera comment this evening very quickly where he said it seems like yesterday the first time he got arrested now, joe biden has previously told stories about being arrested in south africa at the u.s. capitol and at the university of delaware. he has since walked all those stories back. bret. >> bret: what have we learned, peter, about the confusion over this comment the cdc director made abou

first, we begin with democratic activist stacey abrams, as you all know stacey abrams still believes that she is the rightful governor of georgia my she thinks she won in 2018 after losing, well, by nearly two points in georgia's gubernatorial race. she never conceded, claiming voter suppression, and now she's running for what she believes is her reelection and naturally the democrats' so-called voting rights legislation is one of her top issues. today, when joe biden kamala harris made a special trip to stacey abrams hometown to tout this new legislation, stacey abrams was nowhere to be found. apparently it was some kind of scheduling conflict. that's what we'll call it. take a look. >> are you insulted she's skipping the seat? >> i'm insulted you ask this question. i spoke to stacey this morning. we have a great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. we are on the same page. everything's fine. >> sean: pretty humiliating. a scheduling conflict? is it perhaps that joe biden's poll numbers are so bad, stacey abrams refused to appear with the president and vice president of the

there was one democrat noticeably missing from the event, stacey abrams, who cited a scheduling conflict close, and he noted that today, saying we have a great relationship, when pushing back on her not attending, calling it a scheduling mixup. abrams was among the women reportedly considered for biden's running mate. joining me for their perspective on this is cnn political commentator and former special adviser of president obama van jones and cnn's dana bash. dana, do you buy the idea stacey abrams had a scheduling problem? >> well, never mind what i think. democrats i talk to in and around biden world don't buy it. not for a second. and the president was maybe being polite, maybe trying to diffuse a pretty bad situation when he said that, when he was going out to the helicopter today, but this is an intra-democratic fight that is so not needed, and so unnecessary at a time when they feel -- talk to people on both sides of this issue -- that they feel that they absolutely need to have a united front. and there are so many layers, i am told, to this, it's -- it's personal. it is politi

let's talk about stacey abrams and a lot of the other georgia activists.o the king center, going to be with the king family today in john lewis' district bringing down all these black congress members on air force one, and stacey abrams her schedule is too busy or his poll numbers are too low and she's running for office. >> that is what the president said getting on marine one was that basically their schedules didn't match up. but let's be very clear this is as you outlined a huge speech for the president in the state that stacey abrams has been fighting for voting rights, right? so it doesn't look great for this white house she's not going to be there no matter what they say the reason for that is. when you talk to georgia democrats and voting rights advocates in the state they say why are you coming here? we're all onboard with voting rights. we know we need to change the filibuster. we know that voting rights legislation needs to happen now and we're running out of time. but the white house clearly sees all the symbolic and they're a practical locatio

people like the stacey abrams. to the position that the president took when he was in the senate as he was for many, many years and when the shoe was on the other foot. truth is this is not about voting rights, this is about a partisan political power grab and that they are just trying to dress it up and sell it as something else. i just don't think the american people are buying it. >> and again from 2019 and 2,020, democrats used the filibuster at 320 times and they shattered a record. a year and a half later it's the most insidious device ever made, it's racist in nature and it must be removed. it's hard to square that. isn't it? >> you know the old videotape is not going to go away but they don't seem to care. they don't seem to care that their position is hypocritical and opportunistic land that they happen to be in the majority. but the filibuster which is basically a requirement that legislation be be part of some dumb like a bipartisan because it takes both parties to come together to meet that 60 vote thre

did anyone in this room find out from stacey abrams' scheduling conflict was all about? -- what stacey abrams' scheduling conflict was all about? well, maybe we just found the answer. need any other indication president biden is unpopular? as i come week after week, it is now 26 democrats have announced they will be retiring. that's more than any cycle since 1996. and as i've said from the very beginning, that number will get higher. they cannot run on a record of failure. they definitely can't run on a record of accomplishments. i know that record will be higher than 30 retirements, as it goes. who can blame these democrats? the only thing they have to show their constituents for the past year is how they succeeded in making life harder for the average american. they have pushed more mandates and more controls. house republicans understand the priorities of the american people. they want prices to come down, they want their kids' schools open, they want safer communities, to be able to walk in their neighborhoods, and a sense that their government is listening to their

, coalition of civil rights groups boycotted the visit, including most prom prominent activist stacey abrams. >> president biden: i'm insulted you are asking the question, we got our scheduled mixed up, we're on the same page and everything is fine. >> abrams gave no reason for her absence, saying she was not able to attend. she took too twitter expressing support for ending the filibuster. back in washington, senate leader mitch mcconnell is threatening to shut down if they move forward trying to nuke the 60-vote rule, which if they do appears unlikely to succeed. it is a 50-50 senate, and joe manchin says, not so fast. todd and carley. >> carley: griff, thank you so much. what a day, what a speech. you know, todd, it really is a bizarre experience to hear president biden. he wanted this to be his white knight moment using flowery, combative language to drum up support from democrats over an issue and a problem that just doesn't exist, no matter where you live, georgia, alaska, tennessee, it is easy to vote. election laws may be different, they are all in the realm of normal. in georgia, wh

>> i think stacey abrams is very smart. she realizes that a photo op next to president biden and vice president harris hurts her, doesn't help her. and i think she also agrees with the civil rights groups who think this thing is all phony. they won't get it through. this is the second big effort they will try to make in the senate that will fail. people who are smart know that. i think it's puzzling why the president would put so much effort into what is clearly going to fall. he is not going to succeed with this. meanwhile, he is not solving the price of food or gasoline. he is not solving the border. he is not solving the logistic chains. the things they're not doing and they aren't solving the problem of test kits for covid. it is very puzzling how much they are owned by the radicals and keep doing these dances that just plain fail. >> bill: you are right about that. it seems like it is political play acting. the trip will never get off the ground back in washington, d.c. joe manchin asked about that on the filibuster. h

we heard biden just say, at least in stacey abram's case, it was a scheduling issue. but the folks who are no-shows, does that hurt his cause? does it make it harder for him to capitalize on whatever opportunity there may be, that shows there's discord within the party, within those activists who seem to have the same goal? >> no. i mean, look, everybody plays a role. i worked in the white house at one point. we need people on the outside pushing our leaders to make the decisions and choices that matter most to us and protect our communities. they're playing a role in this moment. i've also heard them say they're encouraged he's coming down there, because it proves how important a state like georgia is. i don't want us to get lost in the fact that folks have said, look, we want to see more. obviously we want to see more. we have over 500 bills not just in georgia but around this country that are trying to stop people from voting. this is bigger than one state, one moment or one organization. this is a huge american issue where they are trying to stop us from using our

that's stacey abrams not showing up.eached out to her political action committee to get any kind of a response. where was she that it was more important than meeting the head of her political party on the tarmac? what scheduling change was there? i'm sincere about this because either she is for the issue or she is not and either biden has his party in particular the black voters when helped usher him into office or he doesn't. >> that's right, good morning. i think it's a stunning moment that this leader of the voting rights effort in georgia, who has been talking about doing this and wanting this for a long time, was mia on that event. if the president of the united states of your party is talking about your issue in your state and you are running for governor the next time, you figure out how to change the schedule. when the president said we talked this morning and everything is great, i have a great relationship with stacy. we just got our dates mixed up. you don't get your dates mixed up with the president of the un

stacey abrams, another activist who decided to snub the event.y'd had enough of speeches and photo ops but biden doesn't seem to think there is any bad blood between him and abrams. >> are you insulted he's giving the speech? >> president biden: i'm insulted he asked the question. we have a great relationship, we have gotten our scheduling mixed up, we are all on the same page and everything is fine. >> jesse: dana, do you get your scheduling mixed up with the president of the united states? >> dana: when the president of the united states says i'll be there tomorrow at at ten, you drop everything so you could be there especially if it's your signature issue. remember, she never conceded she had lost on the georgia election and she's been traveling the country on a speaking tour to try to drive this message home. in fact, arguably she has done a lot more to try to advance this issue than biden and harris have done. now at the last minute because build back better didn't work out, you have the administration without ever having given the american

so it's an attempt to take on stacey abrams and the left voter registration manage.ound game that loeffler saw the value of when she lost her seat to raphael warnock. right now loeffler estimates there's 150,000 fewer registered conservatives in this state than liberals. one of her biggest challenges is winning back hundreds of thousands of trump voters who basically don't trust the ballot box anymore after the president, the former president alleged election fraud. with biden's visit today aimed at georgia's new election laws, which are her strongest tool to woo those voters back, she knows the stakes couldn't be higher. >> i think him coming here really puts a point on how important it is for conservatives to be involved. we're just votes away from radically changing this country into a federal takeover of elections. >> political analysts think loeffler could use biden's visit to her advantage. but she needs more help from the former president to convince people that it's safe to vote. >> kelly loeffler lost her seat because republicans didn't vote for her and davi

including stacey abrams. and president biden was asked about stacey abrams not showing up to this big speech he has built. i take a listen to what he said. >> is stacey abrams -- are you insulted she's giving the speech? >> i spoke to stacy this morning and we got our scheduling mixup. i will talk with her this morning. we are all on the same page and everything is fine. >> kayleigh: a scheduling conflict, one that president of the united states, commander-in-chief is coming to your own state and can't with the schedule but something there just doesn't add up. >> i would think if she should make time to go to that speech because i think it's an important speech, not only for democrats but -- vote should be equally counted. it shouldn't take 2 minutes to vote in a rural county but two hours in the cities and suburbs where you have populations concentrated on lots of minority voters. right now you have lots of people who still believe trumps big lie and as a result what you have seen is more than 30 states, des

it also is home to the most closely watched governors race this year featuring stacey abrams and a republicanmary that will test the power of the former president and his lies about the 2020 election. and georgia right now is at the center of the national political battle over voting rights. the republican legislature passed some new measures that alarmed some voting rights activists and brian kemp due to his lack of an embrace of trump's election conspiracy theories and not using his power to overturn georgia's election. as you know georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger held a press conference. had a chance to speak with him on the side lines of that event on the current level of distrust from both parties on what's happening here in georgia. and i also spoke with a group of voters going to be key to democrats about election integrity, what matters most to them and what they want to see from elected leaders. senate democrats are voting a vote tonight to try to change the rules of the senate to try to pass the president's stalled voting rights agenda without republican support. earl

one of the primary people absent was stacey abrams and she's all about voter equity, that is your sign there. >> todd: i thought biden was going to unify us, why does every speech conclude, you are in lock step with joe biden or you are seemingly a terrorist? >> dana: well, if you do not agree, i've come to the conclusion anybody, if you do not agree with this administration, they will mock you and tell you that you are wrong and media magnifys that message. the american people are not stupid people, we see through this and they can portray it any way you want, all you have to do is look at poll 99s and you know why stacey abrams didn't show up. >> carley: you know, ultimately democrats want to pass the freedom to vote act and john lewis voting rights act, even though stacey abrams was not there, possibly because of poll numbers, she supports that, too. convicted felons could vote and it would require all 50 statess to allow people to vote on election day, among a ton of other things. if the two bills pass, big if, what happens to the country and our elections? >> dana: you will never

because you mentioned stacey abrams.e have the country's most famous and, arguably, one of the most effective voting rights activists who is skipping a speech by the president on voting rights in her home state. now, that becomes the dialogue. why are these groups boycotting this, and should the president even come down and make the speech? or does he need to do what they're asking, which is stay in washington and work on hammering out a plan? to be clear, his options are very, very limited. a lot of people are seeing this as a hail mary. he's going to come, try his best, but there's not a lot he can do. and is anything they can pass on a bipartisan level going to be enough to overcome the legislative hurdles we're seeing state by state all over the country? >> professor, it feels some of the base voters are growing disenchanted with president biden. >> they are. i think the move to come to atlanta is a smart move politically. we need voting rights protection just for our democracy, but, certainly, president biden would

listen. >> stacey abrams skipping your speech, are you insulted she is skipping the speech? spoke to stacey this morning, we have a great relationship, we got our scheduling mixed up, i talked with her at length this morning. all on the same page, and everything is fine. >> sandra: all on the same page, he felt the need to say, even everything is fine. that reporter shouted are you insulted she is skipping the speech, stacey abrams. he responded i'm insulted you would ask the question. so he fired right back and did not think it was a suitable question, but certainly it was notable that stacey abrams was nowhere to be seen. >> it is, sandra, stacey abrams is boycotting the democratic president he is so toxic. democrats see the writing on the wall and they know and understand that the filibuster debate, the elections debate, is really a way to get the american attention off of issues at hand as you had mentioned inflation. the cost of food, cost of energy prices. americans are hurting right now. we need people with real solutions and obviously president biden is not providing

in georgia, we've been fighting this theme of stolen election claims from stacey abrams, and in 2020s about voter fraud. both of them undermine voter trust. >> brennan: they may both undermine voter trust, but i'm sure you hold a distinction of someone who doesn't hold any office and the president of the united states actively putting pressure on you to find and manufacture votes. >> january 6 was terrible, but the response doesn't need to be eliminating photo i.d. and having same-day registration. in georgia, we've actually increased the number of days of early voting. we have more early voting now than new york, new new yorkw jersey, and delaware. >> brennan: i understand. but when i was talking about stacey abrams, i was acknowledging she didn't call on people to attack the state capitol when she was questioning the outcome of the 2018 gubernatorial race. >> the president is the top, you know, official that we have in our country. and obviously that position of power is much higher than a candidate running for governor. be that as it may, when people lose races, i think the proper

stacey abrams did not show up.e biden administration needs to make internal changes. do you think all of this is a staffing issue? >> well, i think it starts at the top. it starts carley with joe biden. this is the president of the united states. the leader of the free world. the most powerful person in the entire world. and no one has confidence in this guy. he gets in front of cameras, he can't speak if he is not on teleprompter. even when he is on teleprompter he has a hard time making coherent sentences. and so i think from, you know, the top down, it is a big problem. we know that joe biden is not making any of his own decisions. he is being controlled by the far left radicals in the democrat party. that is where the problems starts. nothing has ever been done for the american people. it has been to fit into their political agenda on the far left. the speech i just referenced, carley, this ridiculous idea of voting rights. i have to put that in air quotes because it has nothing to do with voting rights. it is

maybe sort of surprising to you but the biggest thing, of course, stacey abrams. she has been leading the battle against voter suppression. she cited a scheduling conflict. state the obvious, obviously, the president did go to her state to speak on her core issue. and other activists were blunt, saying they prefer biden stay in washington to start twisting arms and get something done. and if all that's not enough, from the people who should be most behind what biden is trying to do here, on the other side, the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell jumped in. threatening to force votes on a dozen republican bills, including sanctuary cities and vaccine mandates if democrats eliminate the 60-vote threshold. >> if my colleagues try to break the senate to silence those millions of americans, we will make their voices heard in this chamber in ways that are more inconvenient for the majority. and this white house than what anybody has seen in living memory. >> okay. mcd mcconnell obviously making it clear two can play the game. a game in which, right now, biden is down

stacey abrams is all about the voting rights act. >> all right. congresswoman joyce beatty, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> a new development overnight. a source tells cnn the australian border force is investigating whether tennis star novak djokovic submitted a false travel declaration ahead of arrival in australia. this is just the latest wrinkle after a judge reinstated djokovic's visa and ordered him to be freed. cnn's paula hancocks live in melbourne with the latest here. >> reporter: we saw novak djokovic on the court today, practicing. he's clearly trying to move on and mentally prepare for the australian open, which starts next week. but this is not over yet. as you say, a source close to the investigation is saying that the australia border force is looking into his travel declaration to see if there was false information on it. now, what we say is that one of the questions is have you or do you intend to travel in the 14 days before arrival in australia? djokovic ticked the box that said no. but in fact there have been photos that

stacey abrams did not show up for that event in atlanta. her state, her issue.ves. stories about a 2024 ticket without biden or harris pop up all over the place. harris is knock mocked for another rough network tv interview. the president stumbles through a teleprompter covid event asking for the testing czars name. the president admits voting rights bill will likely fail, as you just heard as senator sinema from arizona takes to the floor before he arrives on the hill. senator manchin's statement again definitive on the filibuster. senator manchin tells reporters today he hasn't talked to the president since before christmas and there has been no renegation of build back better. the supreme court knocks down the vaccine mandate for private businesses over 100 employees. national security adviser jake sullivan announces no further talks with russia as the russians get more aggressive. north korea launches yet another missile and the pentagon says they are surprised by that capability. dhs announces 104,000 migrants between march and august of last year. only 50,

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it was founded by stacey abrams. why? to defend the right to vote. welcome to "cnn tonight." nice to see you, nse. >> thank you. nice to see you, laura. >> i have to ask you, there's a lot of questions swirling around the decision not to actually attend the speech. and for many, and i think you would express the same point, it was the thought of just hearing the very things you already know to be true, the importance of voting rights, the importance of voting rights and the reason to fortify and protect. did the president express something today that encouraged you in any way? >> yes. in fact, he did. i think their presence was encouraging, right? i also think that hearing him forcefully say we need a carve-out, that we need to get rid of the filibuster so that we can pass voting rights is actually really encouraging to hear as well. and to hear him say that we need to pass the for the people act and pass the john lewis voting rights advancement act, and we need to pass those things now. those are things we've been saying for the entire year, the entire time that he's been pr

the most prominent voting rights activist in the party, stacey abrams, will not be at today's speechay due to a conflict according to a spokesperson. the president tried to down play it as simply a mix up in scheduling, but it is an extraordinarily notable absence, particularly as other activists have said they are not going. the frustration of many democrats stem from a major disconnect arguably of biden's own making between his words and his actions and words he has assured democrats that there is nothing domestically more important than voting rights. it is the single biggest issue. he has said that on the record b you in action the white house has not given it top billing or even second billing. to illustrate this point we reviewed biden's schedules and speech transcripts since he started his presidency. he has held more than 60 events as president solely dedicated to the issue of covid, not stridesingly basically on average more than one a week. he has also held 40 events dedicated to build back better and the infrastructure plan that he got passed. now, compare that to the numb

conference speaker pursued by president obama and speaker pelosi, president clinton, senator warren, stacey abrams and on and on. you were taught in person about grid, guts and came in your discussion about the comforts of the unfairness and the terrible impact of healthcare monopolies are as true today as they were then. where such fans and were very excited to be working with you know as the key member of president biden's cabinet. secretary becerra, let's start with, how are you? how is your return to our nation's capital? how is it all going? >> frederick, if i can get kind of introduction it where i went i would be really good every day. maybe it's you knew that today's my birthday so you decide to be especially nice, but it is a treat. this is part of my gift to be able to be with all the votes and families u.s.a. can. it's a thrill to you, to actually everybody on the team, families u.s.a. team. thank you for everything to do. for her story, for her grid, and her guts. thank you. that's what we need and that's what we got no surprises, that's what will make sure we implemented right. i have

stacey abrams never admitted you won. see. she had a conflict. your fundraising totals are definitely eyebrow raising. you have 12 million to date. 7 million since july. one thing that happened recently is senator perdue says i want to be govern. i want to get the nomination. is he also reasonably popular in georgia. how has that affected your fundraising and the way you are approaching this? >> i haven't double-checked these numbers but it's my understanding we have raised about 1.5, $1.2 million since senator purdue got in the race. that's not anything that i can control. i care about the things georgians care about. election integrity. making sure our supply chain is met. number one in the state in business. lowest unemployment rate we have ever had in the history of this state. least amount of people on the unrolls after 9/11 we had a record year for economic development. we have the lowest unemployment rate of the 10 most pop plus states. we are fighting against joe biden and 39 year high inflation you disaster polic

. >> when you look at the biggest gap here between governor kemp and stacey abrams. reflective of kemp's strength or abrams's weaknesses? >> stacey just launched her campaign in december and they haven't started spending their money in the organization. that a reflection of that. there are voters that feel that governor kemp is a better adversary to stacey abrams. they were neck and neck in their matchups, but certainly governor kemp's camp is using this to drop out of that republican primary challenge. >> can i just bring that graphic back up for a second. a number on the bottom of the screen if we could look at it again. the number of the people phrasing the question haven't decided or haven't engaged in this race. it's against purdue it's 6% but against kemp 7%, which is the margin. i say this to say we're still months and months and months away from the mid terms. we know a lot of people in georgia and across america unless you're a super political junky like we all are here on msnc you're not engaging and thinking about the mid terms until they get closer. we are

who lives in atlanta, not far from where the president is going to speak isn't going to show, stacey abramscy we have a great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. i talked with her at length this morning. reporter: stacy abrams tweeted supportingly about the president's trip to her hometown but other leading activists in the voting rights world planning to skip the president's speech today. they think it is another speech. they want to see actions. abrams absence may make it hard to break through to georgians, especially this is not the biggest story in georgia today, the president's visit. that would be georgia winning the big game last night. neil. neil: sure. i think that would be bigger news. thank you very, very much. peter doocy. let's go to hans nichols, act videos "axios" reporter. stacy abrams is not there, scheduling conflicts, when the president is in town, ask having said that does she not want to be associated with him in town, is he damaged goods? >> i don't know, would be easiest and most honest answer for you, neil. what i do know the white house wants to put forwar

. >> was his message undercut by the snub from stacey abrams and other voting rights activists in georgiahink so, andrea. i'm not traveling during covid so that's why i wasn't there, and i actually think that -- you know, i've said that i'm rather proud that our civil rights infrastructure is now so strong and diverse that people can have different responses. this has been a year's worth of incredibly hard work by people on the ground, by those of us in the courtroom, by people being arrested outside of, you know, congress, by those of georgia, alabama and texas organizing and mobilizing, by those in the political process like stacey abrams. we're all frustrated. we're all angry that this legislation hasn't moved forward. and i don't fault anyone for however they choose to respond at this moment because i know they're doing the work. and so that is what we stand united in. we stand united in our goal to get this legislation passed. we know many people are just paying attention to this now, but we've been in the trenches on this for years and especially the last year, the push around these

first stacey abrams and others in georgia.o become governor but she is running now for other things. now two leading democrats will not appear alongside the president today in pennsylvania. he is going to pittsburgh and they say they are having scheduling conflicts. marc thiessen, former white house speech writer in "focus." it happens once one thing. multiple people in one state. they had a huge infrastructure collapse in pittsburgh. it is a heartbreaking day there. maybe meeting with the president you could put pressure. i don't know. >> it's interesting that he won't do these local media interviews because he doesn't want to be confronted with the realities of his own policies and the local impact they're having. you talk to the national media you can talk in broad terms. you go to pittsburgh and or some local area and say mr. president, action news just reported on a local family of american citizens who are still trapped behind enemy lines in afghanistan. why did you leave them behind. action channel 4 just reported gas p

it doesn't get any more sick or ironic than that and then stacey abrams herself, god bless her, she thinks she's the rightful governor of georgia, take a look. >> this is not a speech of concession because concession means acknowledge action is right, true or proper in a woman of conscience and faith i cannot conceive that. but will i say this election was not tainted? was not a disinvestment and disenfranchise of thousands of voters? i will not say that. >> do you know that election was stolen from a question mark >> i think the election was stolen from the people of georgia. >> sean: she is loved by all the democrats, they all love stacey abrams -- oh, we won't talk about that. democrats have challenged every single election lost in modern american history. "new york magazine" yes, he did steal the election. al gore won florida 2,000. and another, we really inaugurate the wrong guy. the same media mob want you to believe if you question and election results, that is treason. liz cheney is partnered with the very people that thought her vice president father is not legitimately elected an

first, we begin with democratic activist stacey abrams, as you all know stacey abrams still believeshat she is t

they have done to restore faith into the voting system, keep in mind it was four years ago that stacey abrams was the one hollering that this election was stolen, this gubernatorial election was stolen. this election integrity act gives people confidence again and i applaud the state legislature for what they have done. i am proud of what we have done in the state of georgia. host: from florida, nelson. a republican. good morning. caller: mr. carter, i believe that i believe everything tha i have a beef with just about everything you've stated. you have already answered a couple of the questions that i had before. but i have one that i have talked about in the past on c-span, and no one seems to have the courage to really confront this question, which is joe biden, he clearly has cognitive problems and it is getting worse, and i am concerned about the leadership, and the security of this country, which is supposedly being led by this individual. as a congressman, how are you all going to confront this very real problem and this very real threat to the security of our country. thank you very m

for example, yesterday, stacey abrams completely blew him off. mia. she had an important lunch reservation or some other scheduling conflict. she just couldn't make it across town to meet with the president and vice president of the united states, or, as joe calls, kamala, the president of the united states. but according to the chief prop began -- psaki, no one would not want to meet with him. he's the most beloved president of the united states. >> at midterms there will be some democrats who plausibly may want to stay away from the president for political reasons. what's his response to that sort of action? >> i think we're talking about a hypothetical that doesn't exist. >> sean: in reality joe and kamala are so toxic, that in the "wall street journal" two lifelong democratic strategists, this is how bad this is getting, they are now floating a new candidate for 2024. guess who? hillary clinton. now, when hillary clinton, frankly, one of the most unlikable people in the world, seems like a better option, it's pretty bad. so, you know, we'll see if

. >> bret: yeah, one person, guy, who didn't hear it in person was stacey abrams who it's her issue. it's her state. she is running for governor, a progressive who chose not to be there saying there was a scheduling issue. but, again, it's the president's coming to your state, you usually figure out the schedule. you wonder not about the tone but about the votes. and so far the votes aren't there. >> they're not. i think the scheduling conflict is hard to believe for stacey abrams for the reasons that you outlined. the votes are not there. so this was just a profession of impose tent political rage by the president performing, as susan says for his base, but words have meaning and he's the president. and two of the least excitable senators in washington are mitch mcconnell and mitt romney. and both of them have council to the floor in the last 24 hours or so and absolutely lit up joe biden for saying what he said. bill asked who is this joe biden? it's the same joe biden that told a black audience in 2012 that mitt romney and paul ryan might reenslave them if they won the election. h

as you know, a lot of attention has been made to stacey abrams, not being there, at the speech today,art of voting rights reform. and she says that she had other plans, and many voting rights groups are saying that he, the president should rather be in washington, than giving this speech right now, and really trying to make more of an effort in terms of legislation. is that going to overshadow whatever he is hoping to accomplish in atlanta today? >> i don't think it will overshadow it so much as those who are in the know will see that there are certain people who are absent, like stacey abrams. i think that what it says to plan b is that the economic pressures that were placed on certain corporations, for example, could be part of plan b. it could be that we need to look at how president biden was able to put other initiatives through, and get them through, using what he knew in the senate, his elbow grease, and that wasn't just about speeches. too often, speeches are given to placate the masses, and the hard work and the inside scoop is being done, you know, to make things actually m

by the way, i want to play this clip because stacey abrams who is the super star of georgia has basically said that she is not showing up. take a listener. >> are you insulted she is skipping the speech. >> i'm insulted you asked the question. i spoke to stacey this morning. we have great relationship. we got our scheduling mixed up. i talked with her at length this morning. we are all on the same page and everything is fine. >> rachel: kayleigh, all three of us are very steeped in the political world. i know when you say there is a scheduling problem for you with the president of the united states that's the equivalent of saying i can't go out with you because i have to wash my hair on saturday night. like why does she not want to be there? what's happening? really? >> right. that scheduling issue is one of my former colleagues but the it is the election. it is the popularity of joe biden in the state of georgia which hovers around 30%. and probably being generous there. if the president of the united states, the commander-in-chief is coming to your state, you are a political figure and

i'm going to start with you congressman, i think things were so bad when he went to georgia, stacey abrams didn't even want to be seen in connection with to him and kamala. it was her home state, her signature issue of federalizing elections and she said i got to go wash my hair. >> look, i really can't blame stacey abrams. as bad as he has been i wouldn't want to be next to him either. i'm not sure if dr. biden with a there with him. here's the deal. what america is witnessing right now, every sports franchise and their families has realized when you draft somebody number one overall and realize about three or four games that person can't play and we american people have realized after the third or fourth game he cannot play he is terrible at his job. everything has gone wrong and so for a democrat president who gets kid gloves to the media, to pull at 33%. that means you are awful. that means that only about 15% of the american people actually believe in what you are doing. it's that bad for our country. the only silver lining is that he is so bad that the worse element of the radical be

joining us now is lauren, manager of stacey abrams, current campaign for governor of georgia.ident is going to georgia next week to talk about these legislative attacks on the right to vote and the right to have your vote counted accurately. and we're getting reports now from atlanta saying that the republicans in georgia are at it again. they actually want to add this year more voting restrictions and more control over the counting of votes in georgia. >> yes. the president is coming next week tuesday, the second day of the georgia state legislative session, which is a lot of poetry coming the week after our anniversary of the big georgia runoff wins merchandise and i'm really thrilled to be here with you during this international georgia blue holiday anniversary. we're going to make it an international holiday and recognize all the good work that has been done over the past year as you mentioned. and yes, in georgia and all over the country state legislative sessions are starting back up in the coming weeks, many next week right here in georgia. and they are redoubling their